The Guardian has released a UEFA report on the financial status of European football. And, guess who’s at the heart of all the trouble? If you said the Barclay’s Premier League, you’d be correct. According to the report, 18 of England’s top-flight clubs owe an estimated 56% of all of Europe’s football debt. That equates [...]
Surprises abound everywhere! Portsmouth knock off Liverpool, Fulham thrash United, and Mark Hughes is sacked at Manchester City after his squad beat Sunderland 4-3. Robert Mancini, the man who was replaced at Inter Milan by Jose Mourinho, takes over at City. Spurs and Aston Villa look like they want to crash the top 4 party [...]
First off, Liverpool sucks. Second, Arsenal may have gotten a little lucky today, but Arshavin’s winner was nothing short of spectacular. Arsenal up to third, and Liverpool stay in seventh.
After Chelsea’s 3-3 draw at home to Everton, Manchester United could have drawn level with a win v. Aston Villa, but Villa were having none of it. Gabriel Agbonlahor headed home an Ashley Young cross in the 21st minute to score the only goal in the match. These two fellows deserve to be part of [...]
Portsmouth get only their third win of the season today, after they beat Burnley 2-0 at Fratton Park. With the win, Pompey stay bottom of the table, but move to within only four points of safety.
Manchester United got two stunning goals from Paul Scholes and Darren Gibson, along with two tap-ins by Wayne Rooney [...]
Manchester City have broken their run of seven straight Premier League draws, as they beat Chelsea at the City of Manchester Stadium by a 2-1 scoreline. The win leaves Chelsea’s lead at the top at only two points, while City jump over Liverpool for sixth place in the table.
The Merseyside Derby may be the most heated inter-city rivalry in the English top flight, but let’s call a spade a spade. Lately, it’s been all Liverpool. Liverpool have last loss came in the Premier League to Everton came back in September of 2006. Since that loss, Liverpool have won four, while the teams have [...]
You read it right, the Hammers slam five past Burnley at Upton Park to win the match 5-3. The win takes West Ham out of the relegation zone, two points clear of Bolton, while Burnley end the day in 11th place.
Portsmouth drop another as Wayne Rooney bags a hat-trick at Fratton Park, and [...]
Who say’s there’s no scoring in soccer? Today’s match between Spurs and Wigan disproved that idea completely. A goal was scored, on average, every nine minutes today, as Spurs blasted Wigan 9-1 at White Hart Lane. 9-1! Spurs scored eight second half goals, with five of those coming from Jermaine Defoe. Spurs had 27 shots [...]
Manchester United beat Everton 3-0 today to keep pace behind league leaders, Chelsea. Chelsea hammered Wolves 4-0 earlier today, opening up an eight point lead on United. But, United took care of Everton, getting a wonder-goal from Darren Fletcher (yes, really), and goals from Michael Carrick and Antonio Valencia rounded off the scoring. [...]
This seems to be a common theme, with both of these teams dropping points lately. City have drawn their last six matches, while Liverpool have only picked up five points in their last six. The only saving grace for City and Liverpool, as they sit in 6th and 7th places, respectively, is the fact [...]
A couple of days ago, and idea was presented at the Premier League summit about redistribution of the huge sums of money that the Premier League generates each season. According to the soccernet.com article, teams that are relegated from the Premier League stand to lose more than $65 million, though they do received parachute [...]
I sincerely apologize for letting the amount of content that I post slip over the past few weeks. I’ve had a ton going on, and the blog was on the backburner for a bit, but I’m fully back on it. So let’s get to the news from the weekend.
Chelsea will win the Premier [...]
Can we please get the referees some help, or at least a class on how to spot a dive? In today’s Liverpool v. Birmingham City match, David N’Gog took a dive of Eduardo-esque proportions to earn a penalty that allowed Liverpool to level the match at 2-2. N’Gog clearly beat two Birmingham defenders [...]
Scores: Arsenal 3 – o Tottenham, Bolton 0 – 4 Chelsea, Burnley 2 – 0 Hull, Portsmouth 4 – 0 Wigan, Fulham 3 – 1 Liverpool, Everton 1 – 1 Aston Villa, Stoke 2 – 2 Wolves, Sunderland 2 – 2 West Ham, Manchester United 2- 0 Blackburn
Arsenal v. Tottenham:
Bolton v. Chelsea:
Burnley v. Hull City:
Portsmouth [...]
In honor of tomorrow’s North London Derby, I figured I’d post some quality youtube clips about the first North London Derby from last season. If you remember, the match ended 4-4, with Spurs getting the equalizer right at the death, after being down 4-2 with little regular time remaining. David Bentley opened the scoring with [...]
Sorry I missed last week, but I was in a wedding in Mexico, and internet wasn’t really on the docket. Anywho, here are my predictions for this week’s matches:
Arsenal 3 – 2 Tottenham
Bolton 0 – 2 Chelsea
Burnley 1 – 0 Hull City
Everton 1 – 1 Aston Villa
Portsmouth 1 – 2 Wigan
Stoke 2 – 0 [...]
Wolves 1 – 1 Aston Villa: Wolves snag a point on a penalty in the 83′ after Gabriel (World Cup) Agbonlahor gave Villa the lead four minutes earlier.
West Ham 1 – 3 Wigan:
Tottenham 0 – 1 Stoke City:
Birmingham City 2 – 1 Sunderland:
Chelsea 5 – 0 Blackburn:
Who thinks Phil Brown needs a new job? Me!